This document discusses creativity and innovation for school leaders. It begins by defining creativity as using imagination rather than routine skills to imagine new solutions. It then discusses why innovation is important, noting that schools that do not innovate will decline. The document outlines some key challenges schools may face in the next 10 years and areas for potential innovation, such as teaching and learning processes. It also discusses common barriers to creativity and provides techniques to overcome blocks and generate new ideas, such as brainstorming, visualization, and mind mapping. Finally, it covers how to effectively pitch and sell new creative ideas to decision-makers by addressing potential objections and doing homework to build support.

1. Be a creative
school Leader:
Moving from the
ordinary to
extraordinary
Muhammad Yusuf

2. Table of Content
What is
Creativity
Why
innovate
Area for
innvovation
Creativity blocker
Creative
tools
Selling
creative idea

3. What is creativity
The result of using the
imagination rather than routine
skills.
The capacity which each of us has to
imagine new and useful solutions to
problems.
A drive to see things other than they seem.
Apple, newton

4. What is creativity
“The bringing together
of two previously
unrelated planes of
thought” Arthur Koestler

5. Creativity and Managment
WHY INNOVATE?
“The enterprise that does not innovate inevitably ages
and declines. And in a period of rapid change such as the
present, an entrepreneurial period, the decline will be
fast.” Peter Drucker

6. Creativity and Managment
WHY INNOVATE?
EXERCISE
In your opinion, what are the five key challenges facing your
school over the next 10 years?
How to .................................................................................................................
How to .................................................................................................................
How to .................................................................................................................
How to .................................................................................................................
How to .................................................................................................................

7. Creativity and Managment
Areas for Innovation
Teaching and
learning process
Course designing
School routine
In-service professional
development program
Organizational Culture
Increased personal
effectiveness and on-
the-job creativity

8. He Ne Ar
Xe
Kr
Rn Og
Nobel Gases

9. He
Nobel Gases
Helium
Symbol
Atomic Weight
4.003
Atomic
Number
2
Back

10. Ne
Nobel Gases
Neon
Symbol
Atomic Weight
20.18
Atomic
Number
10
Back

11. Quiz in PPT

12. CREATIVITY QUIZ
take a minute to answer these three questions
in chat box.
1. When did you last have a really creative idea?
This morning Yesterday Last week Last month Last year
2. What was it?
3. What motivates you to be creative?

13. CREATIVITY BLOCKERS
Habit
Fear of making mistakes
Upbringing
Peer pressure

14. CREATIVITY BLOCKERS
Habit
Fear of making mistakes
Upbringing
Peer pressure
Fear of change
Comfort with patterns
Absolute truths
Beliefs
Self-doubt
Fear of appearing childish
Previous experience
Lack of Time

15. PRODUCING CREATIVE IDEAS:
TECHNIQUES, TOOLS

16. Creative Habits.
 Brainstorm lot of ideas.
 Consistently challenge assumptions
 Record your idea and idea of others in a note book.
 Learn from your failures and the failures of others.
 Constantly look for ways to improve your ideas
and products and the ideas and products of other

17. PRODUCING CREATIVE IDEAS: TECHNIQUES, TOOLS
Brain Storming
Select a group
leader and describe
the problem. Using
a flipchart, ask each
member in turn to
suggest a solution.
Record all ideas
on the and,
if possible,
number them to
ease final
selection.
Encourage and
provoke team
members to give
ideas or pass. No
evaluation of ideas
should be permitted.
Once the leader feels there are
enough ideas, move to the
evaluation phase to choose one
or more viable solutions using a
consensus selection
method

18. Visualization
Highly creative people will tell you that once
they have an idea, they take some time to make
a clear and detailed picture of the final,
implemented solution.
Soccer players see themselves creating new moves
over and over in their minds.
Painters visualize the finished canvas.

19. Visualization
Step 04
Step 03
Step 02
Step 01
Play that film over and over.
See it working in practice
Elaborate on it mentally.
Whenever you have
an idea, stop and
savour it.

20. Mind Mapping
Mind Mapping is a brainstorming tool.
The principle behind mind mapping is
that the process of creativity is organic
rather than linear and that creative
thoughts grow like the branches of a
tree rather than in lines like in a a book
or on a computer screen.

21. Note sub-ideas as keywords on
‘branches’ of trunks and then ‘wings’.
Put main ideas as
keywords on ‘trunks’
radiating out from the
middle.
Start in the middle of the page with
the problem.
Wherever possible use
color plus logos or
pictures instead of
words.
Mind Mapping

22. Viking
Invasion
Raids
Vikings
Weapons
Armour
Women
Towns
Warriors
Churches
Warriors
Axes
Bows
Spears
Swords
Shield
Chainmail
Tunics
Mind Mapping

23. Selling Creative Ideas
‘It’s not creative
unless it sells’

24. Selling Creative Ideas
The enemy
“I have seen the enemy and he is us”
It is true that we are usually our own worst enemy when it
comes to our own creativity, but even if we know we have the
idea of the century, selling it to management (or the Board of
Trustees) may be incredibly tough. The status quo is
comfortable, creative change is not.

25. It is a great idea but,
unfortunately, we don’t
have the budget.
Selling Creative Ideas
The enemy Here are some of the things we may encounter as you try
to sell our new idea.
That’s all very well
in theory, but in my
experience... Let’s wait until the
new organization
has settled down
This is a short-term
solution; we’re more
interested in the
long-term
-+
The intangible
risks would be
too great.
You need to be
more specific about
your proposal.

26. Selling Creative Ideas
Doing your home work
Do your homework before proposing your new idea to the
decision-makers. One method to prepare to face the 'enemy' (status
quo inertia) is to conduct an analysis of the forces working against
your idea as well as those working in your favor.

27. Selling Creative Ideas Doing your home work
• No budget
• Principal likes to ‘play it safe’
• Shortage of staff
• New technology needed to
produce it
• Creativity is part of our mission
• Parent complaints show need
• Students’ performance are
declining
• Competition with other schools

28. Learning about new
management strategies.
Channelizing the
effective Human
Resources.
I will learn the effective tools,
aides, strategies and useful
guidelines which will prove
instrumental in enhancing my
teaching and coordination
experience.
Tips of
creativity and
school
leadership.
Looking forward
for some
leadership
qualities in order
to enhance our
leadership skills
Looking forward to
get some handy tips
on being creative
and get aware of
some leadership
tricks and skills.
Innovative ideas
to make the
leadership more
effective and
result oriented.
Your expectations from the webinar